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Metro Bank becomes latest Bounce Back Loans accredited lender

29 May 2020
Aisling Finn

Counting Bounce Back Loans and CBILS lending, Starling Bank claims to have reached £600m of its BCR loan pledge

29 May 2020
Oliver Smith

Honeycomb chairman: current environment to create “compelling” lending opportunities

29 May 2020
Aisling Finn

Starling raises another £40m to bolster SME banking

29 May 2020
Aisling Finn

Mystery investor backs payments startup Marqeta to the tune of $150m

29 May 2020
Oliver Smith

Open Banking platform Belvo closes $10m round led by Founders Fund and Kaszek Ventures

29 May 2020
Daniel Lanyon

European banks lead open banking start-up Meniga’s €8.5m fundraise

29 May 2020
Daniel Lanyon

Only 27% of people feel in control of their finances, says N26

28 May 2020
Aisling Finn

Revolut customers turn to crypto trading under lockdown

28 May 2020
Aisling Finn

Exclusive: Seedrs partners with equity management platform Capdesk as secondary market hits £1m

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Pick

28 May 2020
Aisling Finn

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Events

Fintech in the age of uncertainty: Digital Banking's first big crisis

18 June 2020

AltFi London Summit 2020

9 November 2020

Opinion

Will Bounce Back Loans come back to bite?

Oliver Smith
26 May 2020

Five trends to watch for post Covid-19

Ruth Wandhöfer
20 May 2020

How to keep your team happy and productive during lockdown

Richard Ambrose
18 May 2020

Open Banking isn’t just for consumers – how APIs can change the business landscape too

Leon Muis
5 May 2020

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Will Bounce Back Loans come back to bite?

26 May 2020
Oliver Smith

What’s going on with Tide and Starling Bank’s Bounce Back Loans?

20 May 2020
Oliver Smith

Metro Bank expects a wave of coronavirus defaults to hit its loan book

27 May 2020
Oliver Smith

Exclusive: Seedrs partners with equity management platform Capdesk as secondary market hits £1m

28 May 2020
Aisling Finn

Starling Bank Bounce Back Loans demand surges prompting backlash

18 May 2020
Aisling Finn

UPDATE 3: Which fintechs are offering government-backed CBILS, CLBILS or Bounce Back loans?

21 May 2020
Aisling Finn

Yolt Technology Services expands its open banking API across Italy, France and Spain

26 May 2020
Aisling Finn

Exclusive: OakNorth allocated £160m more of government-backed loans

22 May 2020
Daniel Lanyon

Monzo CEO and founder Tom Blomfield to step down

21 May 2020
Daniel Lanyon

Wombat Invest beats Freetrade to launch UK fractional share trading

26 May 2020
Oliver Smith

Features

Work-Life balance: Can a successful fintech have both?

Aisling Finn
26 May 2020

What’s going on with Tide and Starling Bank’s Bounce Back Loans?

Oliver Smith
20 May 2020

Minimising financial exclusion during a crisis

Josh Cook
29 April 2020

Assessing creditworthiness in a time of radical uncertainty

Josh Cook
27 April 2020

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Metro Bank becomes latest Bounce Back Loans accredited lender

29 May 2020
Aisling Finn

Honeycomb chairman: current environment to create “compelling” lending opportunities

29 May 2020
Aisling Finn

British Business Bank accredits four new CBILS lenders to help Northern Powerhouse SMEs

27 May 2020
Daniel Lanyon

UK lenders have dished out nearly £27.5bn in government-backed loans

27 May 2020
Aisling Finn

Specialist fund manager Fintex Capital makes third property investment since lockdown

26 May 2020
Oliver Smith

Exclusive: OakNorth allocated £160m more of government-backed loans

22 May 2020
Daniel Lanyon

BCR expects more awardees to revise business cases as £100m Pool E launches

21 May 2020
Oliver Smith

Alternative Lending

Counting Bounce Back Loans and CBILS lending, Starling Bank claims to have reached £600m of its BCR loan pledge

29 May 2020
Oliver Smith

Starling raises another £40m to bolster SME banking

29 May 2020
Aisling Finn

Mystery investor backs payments startup Marqeta to the tune of $150m

29 May 2020
Oliver Smith

Open Banking platform Belvo closes $10m round led by Founders Fund and Kaszek Ventures

29 May 2020
Daniel Lanyon

European banks lead open banking start-up Meniga’s €8.5m fundraise

29 May 2020
Daniel Lanyon

Only 27% of people feel in control of their finances, says N26

28 May 2020
Aisling Finn

Revolut customers turn to crypto trading under lockdown

28 May 2020
Aisling Finn

Digital Banking

Exclusive: Seedrs partners with equity management platform Capdesk as secondary market hits £1m

Editor's
Pick

28 May 2020
Aisling Finn

Wombat Invest beats Freetrade to launch UK fractional share trading

26 May 2020
Oliver Smith

iProov partners with NHS to bring facial verification technology to its app users

20 May 2020
Aisling Finn

Freetrade just closed its 6th crowdfund with £7.1m raised in 5 days

19 May 2020
Oliver Smith

Silicon Valley Bank poaches new UK COO from Santander

19 May 2020
Daniel Lanyon

Rewatch AltFi Digital Summit Day 2: PensionBee, Starling Bank, Just Cashflow, Bunq and Plaid

19 May 2020
Oliver Smith

Raisin launches first US product following strategic acquisitions

19 May 2020
Aisling Finn

Savings and Investment